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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 8, 2015Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 8, 2015, 5:38 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 8, 2015, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2015, 5:38 AM EST (10:38 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2015, 9:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 8, 2015, 9:34 AM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-02-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

888 
WHUS42 KMLB 081038
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
538 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-090000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0002.150208T1400Z-150209T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
538 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THE RISK WILL BE AT ITS HIGHEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  SUNSET.

* IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS SWELL CONDITIONS
  WILL SUPPORT STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS CAN
  BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND
PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY
ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. 

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG
SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
355 
WHUS42 KMLB 081434
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
934 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-081545-
/O.CAN.KMLB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150209T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
934 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK. 

CALLS TO LOCAL BEACH PATROLS THIS MORNING INDICATE RIP CONDITIONS
ARE NOT AS HAZARDOUS AS YESTERDAY. HOWEVER A LINGERING SWELL WILL
KEEP A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES
ESPECIALLY INTO THE AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL INFLUENCES.

CHECK WITH OCEAN RESCUE ON LATEST SURF CONDITIONS WHEN ARRIVING AT
THE BEACH AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.  

$$

WEITLICH

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.